"We believe the necessary scientific data can be gathered by well-established nonlethal means," said Rolland Schmitten, the United States commissioner to the International Whaling Commission.

Many police departments have turned to bean bags as a nonlethal means of subduing people.

In the second incident, in the village Tel, Israeli security officials said that the army used nonlethal means to disperse rioters.

Established use of chemosignals as effective nonlethal means of vertebrate pest control.

We have nonlethal means at our disposal, and a responsibility to lead by example.

The new rules explicitly direct agents to use nonlethal means whenever possible.

Despite the appeal of sanctions as simple, nonlethal means for one nation to exert pressure on another, they are more important for political symbolism than economic impact.

"Our desire was to get them out, use nonlethal means in a systematic manner, so that they could come before the bar and face justice," Mr. Ricks said.

The coyote's evasion skills have frustrated efforts to control its livestock predations (especially on sheep) by nonlethal means, Dr. Mason said.